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WORT Music Playlists

What was that song I heard? Who was the artist, what is the album title, where can I get it? Where can I find the entire playlist for a show?

Click on the Playlists button to bring up a calendar where you can choose any date to find the playlists for that day. If you can’t find the right playlist or the song you’re looking for, your best bet is to call the station the next time that program’s on and ask the host yourself. If that’s not possible we may be able to help you, but please have as much information as possible at hand when you contact us, such as: approximate day and time the music was played, what type or genre of music it was, who hosted the show and any other information you remember about the selection and we’ll do our best to track it down.

Once you figure it out, there’s a “Buy It!” link next to each track in online playlists that leads you to a place where you can buy songs and albums, and by doing it that way a small portion of each purchase goes to support WORT.

Contact Information

Music Director: Sybil Augustine – musicdirector@wortfm.org (for music submissions, charts and tracking, promotional exchanges for music events and following up on volunteer applications or other requests. Please include specifics in your subject line, such as “Hiphop Music Submission” etc, )

Music Assistant: Aaron Scholz – musicass@wortfm.org (for record donations and sales, promos recording volunteers, etc.)

Music Calendars: Submit your events online here or send by email to calendar@wortfm.org

How do I get my music played on WORT?

We accept submissions in most genres and styles of music, focusing on noncommercial, out-of-the-mainstream, independent releases (check out our playlists and music charts for more information.) It may take up to a few weeks for us to review and process your submission so we appreciate your patience, and feel free to contact us to follow up. Please send your music, indicating any tracks with language that needs to be aired after 10 pm and including a one-sheet description and any biographical and tour information, to WORT Music Director, 118 S. Bedford St, Madison, WI 53703 and/or to musicdirector@wortfm.org.

We do accept digital files on .wav or mp3, but currently we still prefer CDs to digital submissions because it’s the quickest way to get it into the hands of our programmers and onto the airwaves, though we have a growing digital library. Digital submissions should be .wav or other lossless files, or high quality mp3s [128-320 kbps.]

You can follow up or “track” your submissions by email, or call 608-256-2001 on Wednesdays between 1-4 pm CST to ask if we received it, has it been reviewed, has it been added to our library, and what kind of airplay it’s getting—e.g. light, medium, heavy or charting. Thanks and we look forward to hearing your music!

Changing the Public Conversation with Art

November 30, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown… We’re joined for the whole show by longtime Madison activist and transformation agent, Dana Pellebon, currently co-Executive Director of Rape Crisis Center and a board member of Outreach. She recently directed Genealogy at Broom Street Threatre, exploring family histories, the legacy of slavery and reparations, […]

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November 30, 2021 by A Public Affair

According to an updated report from the Sentencing Project, Wisconsin leads the nation in Black imprisonment rates—one of every 36 Black Wisconsinites is in prison. It’s a sobering statistic. How did we get here? And what will it take to move forward? Today on the show, Tuesday host Ali Muldrow takes a hard look at […]

This Holiday Season, Let’s Tax the Rich

November 29, 2021 by A Public Affair

“We’re increasingly becoming a country with a tiny number of extraordinarily wealthy people, a large underclass, and no middle class. Societies that are structured like this do not end well for anyone, including the rich people.” That’s Erica Payne, founder of Patriotic Millionaires, a group that advocates for greater wealth equality through restructuring the American […]

UW Prof. Francine Hirsch, “Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg: A New H...

November 29, 2021 by Madison BookBeat

It’s Stu Levitan’s birthday, his 68th birthday to be precise, so he’s taking the day off and dialing up an encore presentation of a conversation from this past February with UW Prof. Francine Hirsch, the author of Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg: A New History of the International Military Tribunal After World War II. Published by […]

A Very Swampy Reunion

November 27, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

WORT 89.9FM Madison · A Very Swampy Reunion Friday Buzz host, and member of Swamp Thing, Jonathan Zarov, catches up with the rest of the band, Bob Appel, Steven Bear, and Michael Kashou. (Images courtesy of Swamp Thing) Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate […]

The Zarov Family Takes on Retirement And Finding Bliss On This Year...

November 27, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

WORT 89.9FM Madison · The Zarov Family Takes on Retirement And Finding Bliss On This Year’s Post-Thanksgiving Family Chat As is tradition on the Friday Buzz after Thanksgiving, host Jonathan Zarov sits down (virtually) one last time with his family for a candid discussion on The Post-Thanksgiving Family Chat. On his second-to-last show Jonathan sits […]

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